More than 1,800 victims of human trafficking in England and Wales have received support from the Salvation Army since 2011, the charity has said.
It said 42% of its cases last year involved forced labour, while 38% were sexual exploitation cases and 10% involved domestic servitude.
Forced labour cases grew at a faster rate last year than sexual exploitation for the first time, the charity said.
The charity won a government contract to support trafficked people in 2011.
In a report, the Salvation Army said it had helped 540 women and 347 men between July 2012 and June 2014.
The highest number of female victims (140) had come from Albania, followed by women from Nigeria (91).
It said many male victims who sought help last year had come from Eastern Europe, with 50 coming from Hungary, 48 from Romania and 47 from Lithuania.
Of the forced labour cases the charity had been involved in, almost 80% had involved men.
Some 29 cases involved UK citizens last year.
The Salvation Army said around a quarter (24.3%) of referrals had come from the south-east of England and London, while 21.6% came from southern areas of England and 16.3% came from Yorkshire.
'Appalling treatment'BBC home affairs correspondent, June Kelly said criminal gangs had turned trafficking into a "global growth industry".
She said the "secret nature" of the industry meant the number of victims could "never be known".
Our correspondent said the Salvation Army believed "male pride and a sense of shame" might have stopped some men from previously seeking help.
Anne Read, from the Salvation Army, said the charity was "deeply saddened" by the rise in the number of people seeking its support.
"Each individual story represents the life of someone who has had their trust broken, their liberty denied and who, in most cases, have been subjected to appalling treatment at the hands of their traffickers," she said.
"However it is heartening to witness first hand the increase in the offensive from authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice and the positive impact of collaborative working relationships across sectors in raising awareness of this crime and in securing the best outcome for those we aim to help."
The Salvation Army has managed Adult Human Trafficking Victim Care and Co-ordination since being awarded the contract in July 2011.
The report comes after the National Crime Agency (NCA) last month said there has been a 22% increase in the number of suspected victims of trafficking between 2012 and 2013.
Investigators said the rise is partly down to better reporting, including an increase in the number of children feared to be victims of sexual exploitation gangs.
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